Alumabook 500GB HDD Upgrade Problem

[tmackgt89]

I ordered a 500GB Samsung HDD to upgrade the standard drive in my new Aluminum 2.4GHz Macbook. I used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the existing drive then shut down and did the switcheroo.

After the switch the Macbook won't boot to the new drive - I get a grey screen saying that the Macbook needs to be restarted or shut down. Doing so results in an endless loop displaying the same screen.

Any ideas on what might have went wrong or what I should check??

Thanks in advance for the help!!

 

[hfg]

disk prep first?

Did you run disk utility from the DVD first to partition and format the bare drive?

I installed that same drive in my new MacBook without any problems. I did start with a new installation from the recovery disks however, after performing the partition/format as mentioned.

good luck...

-howard

 

[silverblack]

Try resetting SMC
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411

 

[Kendall015]

Do you have to format the drive with GUID partitions first before you restore with carbon copy cloner, or does running carbon copy cloner copy that kind of information about a drive too?

 

[Cave Man]

Do you have to format the drive with GUID partitions first?

There's your likely answer.

 

[dacreativeguy]

The problem is that you can't just clone a system from an older machine and expect it to run on a new machine. The new machines always come with a version of the OS that supports the new features, so using an older OS will certainly cause problems

The best way to migrate is to make a time machine backup of the old machine, and then specify this backup when going through the setup on the new machine. You can also use your ccc backup as the source for migration assistant as well.

 

[Cave Man]

The problem is that you can't just clone a system from an older machine and expect it to run on a new machine.

OP's not doing that. He's simply replacing the smaller capacity drive that came with his MB with a larger capacity drive. CCC will work perfectly fine for him, provided the drive is initialized with a GUID partition table.

 

[tmackgt89]

Problem Solved -Thanks Guys!!

Do you have to format the drive with GUID partitions first before you restore with carbon copy cloner, or does running carbon copy cloner copy that kind of information about a drive too?

That was the problem!! Thanks! I re-formatted then ran CCC again and everything is working fine now with the new 500GB Sammy!

 

[Kendall015]

That was the problem!! Thanks! I re-formatted then ran CCC again and everything is working fine now with the new 500GB Sammy!

Wow...that was just a guess. Glad I could help

 

[mcdj]

Please, call it anything, even "LilMacBuddy", but don't call it "Alumabook".